With the first day of school comes the long-standing tradition of taking the first day of school photo. Who started it? Why do I battle my kids to carry on this practice? I know because my parents made me do so now Josie and Ellie have to do it! Although this cannot be entirely true because my folks use to make my brothers and I go on long, daunting, excruciating mountain trips. It was the tradition! Yet, I do not force my daughters to undergo this tradition. Does this mean I can reconsider the first day of school pictures?
I do love jumping on social media and perusing all the first-day pictures. It is like this unspoken rite of passage and as a mother, if you do not post the photo then your mom card might be pulled. As I scrolled through the pics a few thoughts came to mind…
- Holy crap Mary’s flowers look fantastic! Oh, and her boys look handsome too.
- I cannot believe Teri is old enough to have a senior? Time is really catching up with her too!
- Next year at this time, I should sell small chalkboards for an outrageous price. Did I miss the universal memo that all respectful first-day pics will use a cute chalkboard to identify the school year? These mothers are good! I can barely get my girls standing in the same spot with their eyes open.
- Whoa, I guess we use decoupage frames too! Yep, kiss my mom card goodbye!
Just to prove my mom card is in serious danger here are my first day of school photos….
Josie has her eyes closed! El is refusing to smile! Ellie is picking her breakfast out of her teeth.
PS…Noticed I used captions for each picture because that’s right you can barely see if those are even my kids! I blame the blurry pictures on torrential rain!
Next year, I might hire a first day of school picture consultant. I did research this a bit. There are literally hundreds of ideas about this very subject. Who knew? From chalkboard sayings to optimal poses the research is there! I have a long way to go on this learning JOurneY.